Senior Technical Writer Editor (Direct-Hire)

Senior Technical Writer Editor

As a Senior Technical Writer Editor (Direct-Hire), GS-1083-14, you will perform the following major duties:

Manage and coordinate the development process for and write investigative reports that describe and analyze the facts and circumstances of transportation accidents.

Work with investigative teams, evaluate complex technical data and documentation obtained from an investigator-in-charge (IIC), group chairpersons' reports, investigative hearings, interview transcripts, party submissions, and other sources for validity, reliability, and substance to support identified safety issues.

Evaluate the content of prepared documents in terms of purpose, audience, scope, organization, and logic, as well as grammar, punctuation, style, and format. Based on evaluation, independently rewrite and edit as appropriate, eliminating jargon and redundancies.

Ensure that the procedures for producing notation items are followed accurately and expeditiously. Ensure documents are edited and produced according to established formats and the NTSB Style Guide.

Review new and established formats and the NTSB product development guide and propose, develop, and provide office input to agency standards groups while ensuring that office managers and technical writer-editors are aware of requirements.